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I read this tip years ago in a similar social media comment on a similar meme.

It really works, this trick basically changed my life. Highly recommend.

Or salt.

Or potassium.

Or water.

Problem

It is generally understood that human beings are carbon-based organisms, fusing little carbon tubes together to form complex, mushy structures capable of thought, love, and locomotion. It is also known that these structures sometimes like to “take the edge off” by consuming ethanol, amphetamine, etc. In such cases, it is important to supplement your body with magnesium. Tired? Mag it! Down? Mag time! Liver damage? MAXIMUM MAG! Some people say magnesium doesn’t really do anything and you just need to quit. What do we tell them?

Solution

We tell them: HELL NO. You’re about to become a magnesium-based lifeform. The age of the primitive carbon-man is done. No longer must mankind rely on slow-working background radiation to take us further into our genetic destiny. This is the era of guided evolution, and magnesium is the key. You are the first of your species. The next step in human evolution. An advanced magnesium proto-man who mags it up, drinks it down, and sniffs it sideways!

0mg!

I get these weekly while doing nothing. It's a side effect of neck radiation cancer treatment. First time was painful as hell. Now I have learned to just sit in it and chill and it passes quicker that way

Yeah I have always found that standing up stops the cramp better than anything else. I heard it was like handing over the controls to your central (or maybe peripheral?) nervous system and letting that higher authority override the cramp by deciding that maintaining your balance while standing up is a higher priority. Then you can safely stretch and get hydrated after that.

I have jumped out of bed in a panic many times and it has worked every time.

YES flex that foot! Just grab it with your hands and dorsiflex it hard, and it resolves quickly.

Are you still in your 20s?

You probably drink an adequate amount of water

You've never gotten a charley horse? It's not at all like a period cramp, very sudden and exquisitely painful, and quickly resolved.

Eat more bananas

Just be careful if you have kidney issues. Electrolytes can be VERY dangerous if their levels build up

It's what plants crave

Magnesium and stretching helped me

My friend, up your magnesium!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletal_muscle_cramp

To prevent them, like most things; eat a healthy balanced diet with lots of vegetables, and exercise.

But if that's too much effort, drink some electrolytes.

Magnesium. (prevents, not causes)

I've also heard that tonic water with quinine will stop cramping pretty much right away, though I haven't tried it personally.

If your electrolytes are balanced, you shouldn't get cramps. Cramping is caused by not having enough potassium, which is used by your nerves to signal relaxing muscles. Sodium is used to signal clenching. Too much sodium for the potassium and the signals get unbalanced and you can't relax that muscle.

Magnesium and calcium also play a role and deficiencies can result in cramping or tremors (like unsteady hands might just be from being low on Mg, Ca, or K).

So it seems like you've been eating well at least as far as electrolytes are concerned, especially if you can hold your hand out rock steady, regardless of whether your muscles are clenched or relaxed.